First off, don't ask me any questions -- cause I don't have the answers to them myself.

How many accounts? I don't know.

What niche? Beats me.

How am I going to monetize? Not a clue.

And yet here I am. Trying to establish a goal, reach it, and I don't even know where to begin. It's like going on a journey in a jungle without a map, no clues what creatures lie in the dark, and whether or not there's food to eat.

EXACTLY! And that's the beauty of this journey.

As far as Instagram goes, I'm a blank slate. If you're following this, expect to see the weirdest and the dumbest ideas and efforts to be done, but occasionally, I might have some strokes of genius as well.

I'll try everything there is to try. I'll get inside every niche where my interest lies. Monetize using all possible ways. And the best part? I don't even know where all of it will lead me!

If you can't be excited by that, I'm not sure what will.

1.) GOALS
I don't have an earnings goal simply because money comes and goes. My goal lies in the very process that produces the income.

So my goal is to establish systems -- for all the niches I will involve myself into.

In order for a system to be proved effective, it should cross a few lines from my handy-dandy measuring stick:
a.) Monthly Revenue - The system should be able to produce a minimum of $100 in a month. Anything less than that (even a penny!), then it won't even be considered a system yet.
b.) Well-recorded and carefully analyzed timeline in which the system will be most effective -- Look, some niches are seasonal. And I'm pretty sure hundreds, if not thousands, of IMers earned big moolah in the past NBA Season (probably just off of the 7 straight games between Cavs and Warriors). If a niche is seasonal, then so is the system that revolves around it will be.
c.) Well-planned daily routine that the system will follow (plus any other EVENTUAL recurring tasks)

2.) CURRENT
So... what everybody is probably waiting for. What are my current stats? Number of followers? IG posts.

Truly, I've worked my ass off, literally. You could say that I've been twerking non-stop for the past year.

And I'm very proud of where I've gotten from where I started.

So here it goes...

A few months back, I started an IG account. I won't say the niche because it's a secret. A very, very, very deep secret. Anyways, that account has been growing everyday.

And yeah, I've just been twerking for this past year. I follow/unfollow whenever I feel like doing so. When I feel lazy, I just eat ice cream and play Skyrim and I just totally forget about my IG. It's like magic

3.) NEXT TASKS

The not so exciting part. But hey, we're human beings. Our brains are designed to seek comfort. NOBODY wants the grunt work. Sometimes, I even wish there's a way I could enjoy the taste of food, have it nourish my body, without having the need to chew and swallow. I have my lazy days.

But jokes aside. Here's the part where I will lay down the tasks I have for the day. Before that though, I'll make a prototype. But I'm a dumbo when it comes to techy stuff so not what you're thinking about.

A prototype system depending on my current level of knowledge. Something I THINK (read: Dumb assumptions) will work and will bring in the moolah.

And that's where my tasks will be derived from.

So How Often Am I Going to Update This Thread?
Daily, probably more than once a day. See, I'm training myself to write.

Don't get me wrong. I CAN write. In fact, that's my profession. But I'm training myself to write for MY AMUSEMENT, not a client's.

When you've spent years writing things so that clients would love it, you'll find it especially hard to begin writing again, like a child, without any colors. Just pure personality.

So the goal is to first establish a prototype system... but what about?

MONETIZING = Definitely out of the question... for now at least. I'm planning on reaching a certain number of followers first before trying anything I can sink my teeth into.

FOLLOWERS = The always and forever will be #1 stat to grow for IMers in the IGMoolah jungle.

ENGAGEMENT = The #2 most important, arguably. Some say that this is the most important. But hey, I don't want to pick my brain (too lazy to argue with myself).

Based on my 10-minute research, one could gain more followers by:
1. Posting high-quality and relevant content (the lamest yet the truest way).
2. Following people and unfollowing them afterwards (whether or not they follow you back).
3. Engage on other people's posts. Write useful comments, like pictures, and gain followers through exposure.

Engagement increases by:
1. Posting high-quality and relevant content (the lamest yet the truest way).
2. Communicate with others on other people's posts (then they'll go to your account, see your posts, and leave comments / like them as well).

ENGAGEMENT
(Posts will include a question, or a light ask for a comment)
(Answer questions, compliment, or just voice out opinion on posts with high engagement, 10x/day)

Okay, so that's going to be my daily tasks for the next 2 weeks. Again that's...
Follow 150-200/day
Unfollow every 3 days (until there's 0) -- 200 max unfollows per day
20 comments per day
LIKES: Just genuinely like any *likeable* photos I come across

Hopefully, this will produce 1,000 followers. If yes, then I'll begin thinking about monetization. If not, then it's TWEAKING time.

Additional tasks:
1. Research sources for photos to post.
2. Research copyright issues for images as it applies to IG.
3. Criteria for people to follow.
4. Target accounts in the same niche (preferably with followers of about 100k-200k max).

For now, I'm automating the following and unfollowing through MassPlanner (I'm still hoping I could get a license of GramDominator). At least until I was able to sit down and narrow down the criteria I'll set for the people I'll follow, I will automate this part.

But the original plan is to go manual for at least until I hit 3,000 to 5,000 followers. Still confused about the number.

Not good. I was planning on doing everything I've listed. The only thing accomplished so far is the following part.

I got a bit confused with posting on Instagram from my desktop. Good thing I found DeskGram. Very crappy but gets the posting the job done.

Comments, will do that later. Likes as well. Before I hit the sack, most likely.

Tasks for Day 2:
Well, I'm not officially done with day 1 and instead of making 3 posts, I was only able to do 1. Comments and likes before I sleep.

So I'm kind of wondering whether I will JUST focus on gaining followers for now (at least until I hit 2,000) or start building a list. See, I bought a software called Sinfiltrator and I think I might be able to make use of it.

What it does is it kind of hijacks a specific page, makes a clone of it, and lets you put your marketing message on it. Pop-up boxes, pop-up videos, footers, that sort of thing.

I'm not planning on monetizing yet although that could be a good idea, but I'm planning on building a list of emails for my chosen niche. I don't know. Still an idea. Will have to really plan it out first and test.

Anyway... tasks for day 2 would be --
*Daily tasks (This time, making sure everything will be followed)
*I really have to sit down and think about the people I'm going to follow manually. It's a bit of waste to follow IMers disguised as IGers, don't you think?
*Study IG navigation both on mobile and desktop. It's my first time using this damn app and it's already giving me a huge headache.
*Research and list down sources for photos to post. I'm in a niche I'm very interested at but I'm very stupid about. So I need some high-quality sources.
*Who to comment to (later, I'll just do it randomly, practicing giving useful comments)

First thing -- I didn't do anything. No follows, no uploads, no comments, no likes. NOT AWESOME

BUT... The very awesome parts:
1. I got a free license for GramDominator
2. I became a part of a Skype group with some really awesome people. We talk about perverted stuff and me likey! (just kidding)
3. I sat down for an hour, formulated a strategy good for at least the next 6 months, and have begun implementing it.

And now... I am all over the place.

I know I shouldn't be but I'm really envious. The people in the Skype group have already begun earning. And I'm really happy for them really. But I can't help but feel a little bit jealous. It's really not about the money but more about the accomplishment.

But yeah, early days.

So I'm planning on doing a total of 6 accounts, on totally different niches.

All of these will be grown into at least 1,000 followers before we start experimenting with different monetization strategies. I'll tell you more about my money-making ideas by the time we get winning accounts.

Was just about to create my new totally legit fake accounts when my proxies decided to fark up. Contacted provider and waiting for response.

First account's doing super though. Followers growing by the day, nice engagement, but still drawing blanks as far as monetizing goes.

So I'm in this Skype group with a lot of goo-roos but only a few you can really talk to. Apparently, if you don't brag about the amount of moolah you earn daily, they won't speak to you. (But there are some which have been really farking awesome! Like... 3 ppl, I guess?)

I'm encountering a wall. IG asks for verif code but never sending one on my number. So I decided to give it a rest and just try again later.

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REVAMP

Goal:
$50/day through CPA offers

Tool:
GramDominator (exclusively)

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Okay... GD (GramDominator) is at its very early stages. Really crappy at the moment. So why am I choosing to use it instead of MassPlanner?

The culture.

The people behind are just hungry to improve their tools and you can feel their intensity. Working round-the-clock and you won't have to wait for a long time for them to provide support. Within 5mins., you'll get an update and if it's something they can add to their tools, they will.

This journey ends ONLY ONCE I've seen an earning of at least $50/day for 7 consecutive days.

Thanks man, you are one of the few guys who appreciated the hard working culture we have inculcated in our organisation. Very lucky to have you onboard.

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Thanks man! And I will continue testing GD as long as it is moving forward towards something better. And of course, it does. It's so intense sometimes and I feel like I have to be careful throwing things at the wall cause whenever I do, all the devs get to work.

I was wondering. I thought the hot girls niche should be the one who would see massive growth. But the nature photography account and the pets account easily shoot past it. With only a small number of posts.

Hmm...

Looks like I've got to rethink my follow sources.

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These 4 accounts will be my main ones and I plan to grow them into a huge following, churn out high quality posts and such. But I will create about 15 crash-and-burn accounts. Links in the bio (still not sure which offer I'm going to promote), high quality posts as well, and following/unfollowing to the limits. Should be a good testing ground.

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